Food from a commercial or shared kitchen

What you'll get

For food made in a commercial or shared kitchen: Minoo Mehrotra, the state's food compliance supervisor, explains how the NC Department of Agriculture inspects commercial food makers, including that each business renting a shared kitchen is inspected on its own and which products need extra steps (shelf-stable sauces, canned and acidified foods, dairy). Watch it before you pick a kitchen, because her order of steps, a call to the compliance office, any required training, then an inspector booked at least two weeks ahead, sets your start date.